The city vacation is one I am quite familiar with. From London to Rome, Los Angeles to Montreal, when touring these types of destinations in the summer, you need to look chic as well as feel comfortable. Your itinerary for a city is quite different than your beach vacay.

Runway hair this season wasn’t just about the big glam locks, and sleek smooth tresses. These twisted and braided styles are a very pretty alternative for the Spring. Shoulder length and longer hair can be manipulated into anyone of these styles with a bit of creativity. With the exception of the McQueen basket weave which is perhaps a little more challenging to achieve.

The centre part is having a moment this Spring. Seen at quite a few shows across the fashion capitals, this is a super easy trend to update your look with. This early 70’s look of course works when your hair is down, but try it when your hair is pulled back too,

We saw it in the Fall, and this trend is going to take is right into the next season. The strong, full, fringe is definitely the look to have for SS11. At the Spring shows we saw a much thicker version than we saw last season at Lanvin.

These four hair styles are among our favourite party worthy looks. Personally I’m partial to the undone bun or top knot, especially when I’m very dressed up. Having hair that’s a bit dishevelled looks like you didn’t try too hard to look good. You can never go wrong with waves or curls for shoulder length and longer hair.

Hair for Fall 2010 has a certain opulence to it. The beach waves of the summer have been replaced with a more precise curve. Sometimes soft like at Gucci, or more defined like at 3.1 Philip Lim. After a quick discussion with my stylist here are a few tips to achieve the look:

To create a runway worthy ponytail, curl hair first with a large barrel iron before putting it up. This will give your ponytail a bit of volume, and a more on trend look like the one seen here from Louis Vuittton Fall 2010.